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We should not have boycotted the Olympics in 1936, as that would have had no impact in stopping the atrocities that followed.

Firstly, you have no evidence whether it would have or not - fact. Secondly, it was already known what the Nazi's had planned for the Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally/physically disabled, the concept of Aryan Master Race and world domination. One had only to read Mein Kampf, the Nazi press, and witness the repression that was already evident in German society.
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/pre1933.htm

The truth is change is already happening in China. It's happening slower than we might want, but the pace is real. I think if we can continue a dialogue with them, they will become democratic. Why will they become democratic through dailogue? The power in China rests with the PLA that has interests in many aspects of Chinese business life and the Chinese Communist Party - we shouldn't necessarily concentrate simply on "democracy" but more a peaceful stable China.

If the government doesn't give people this wish, they will lose power. No they won't, that's being too simplistic. Think back to 1989. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2496277.stm